GENandTheEuropeanEcovillageConferenceatÄngsbacka,Sweden.

KeynotespeakersCharlesEisensteinandHelenaNorberg-Hodge!

TheGlobalEcovillageNetworkEurope(GEN)announcesthe21stedi@onofits

summerconference,wherealreadyexis@ngsolu@ons,pathwaysandtechnologies

areshared.

TheconferencedrawsmanyhundredsofintenConalcommunitariansandtheirsupportersfrom

acrossEuropeeachyearbyofferingspeakers,exposiCons,workshops,music,and,mostappreciated,

aplacetomeet,inspireandbeinspired.TheGlobalEcovillageNetworkisamembership-based

coaliConofEcovillages,orintenConalcommuniCes,thatholisCcallyintegrateecological,economic,

socialandculturalsustainabilityintoregeneraCvelivingmodels.

InaneraofuncertainecologicalandpoliCcalfutures,RobertHall,GENEurope’sCouncilPresident,

invitesparCcipants“comeandnetworkwithEurope’sgrassrootschange-makers.Joinustolearn

waysofincreasingyourhappinesswhilebeingofgreaterservicetohumanityandtheplanet.”

AprogramtoinspirehopeandchangeTheconferencethemeofLivingthefuturetoday:Solidarity,Resilience&Hopewillweaveinto

conferenceworkshopsandacCvitytracks,CedtogetherbykeynotespeakersCharlesEisensteinand

HelenaNorberg-Hodge.

CHARLESEISENSTEINisaself-described“degrowthacCvist”thathasbeendescribedas“oneofthe

up-and-cominggreatmindsofour?me”.HeisinternaConally-acclaimedauthorofSacredEconomics

andTheMoreBeau?fulWorldOurHeartsKnowisPossible,describedbyPublisher’sWeeklyas“a

revolu?onaryandinterac?vebook…inspiresthereadertothinkoutoftheordinary.”

HELENANORBERG-HODGEisapioneerofthe‘neweconomy’movement,whereshehasbeen

promoCnganeconomicsofpersonal,socialandecologicalwell-beingformorethanthirtyyears.She

isanauthor,filmmakeranddirectorofLocalFutureswiththemissiontoprotectandrenew

ecologicalandsocialwellbeingbypromoCngasystemicshiRawayfromeconomicglobalizaCon

towardslocalizaCon.

ShowcasingsustainabletechnologiesTheEcovillageSustainableTechnologyExposiCon,orESTE,isademonstraConlabfeaturing

sustainabletechnologiessuchassolarovens,thermo-compostheaCngsystemsandwaterpurifiers

designedinEuropeanEcovillages.

ParCcipantsinthe5dayeventcanexpectafamily-friendlydrugandalcoholfreeexperiencewiththe

possibilitytochooseacCviCesbasedontheirinterests,managedcampsiteswithoutdoorfaciliCes

andfullvegetariancatering.

“Amorebeau?fulworldISpossible…andyouwillexperienceapartofitduringthegatheringat

Ӓngsbacka”,welcomesEwaJacobssonfromÄngsbacka.

Who?Everyoneisinvited.ChangeagentsforamorebeauCfulworld.

When?July16-202017

Where?InSweden.AtÄngsbackaoutsideKarlstad.DirecCons

Abouttheconference:h]p://www.angsbacka.se/GEN

Facebookevent:h]ps://www.facebook.com/events/1334767663264375/

Generalinquiry:conference@gen-europe.org

Presscontact:ForinterviewsinEnglishandItalian:EvanWelkinpr@gen-europe.org,+393342590522,InSwedish:Anne]eEricsdo]erBe]aieb,anne]e@tgim.se+46707779100

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Whatisanecovillage?AnecovillageisanintenConalortradiConalcommunityusinglocalparCcipatoryprocessestoholisCcallyintegrateecological,economic,social,andculturaldimensionsofsustainabilityinordertoregeneratesocialandnaturalenvironments.

GEN-GlobalEcovillageNetworkTheGlobalEcovillageNetworkwasfounded20yearsagoandrepresentsover100countriesinthe5conCnents.GEN-Europeisanetworkthatconnects,sustainsanddiffusestheworkofecovillagesandcommuniCes.ThenetworkoffersconsulCngandcoordinaConformembercommuniCesacrossEuropeaswellassupporCngprojectsofinterdependence,includinganinternaConalyouthexchangeprogram,acommunity-sponsoredforcedmigraConreliefproject,andadvocacyingrassrootsclimatechangenetworks.GEN-EuropehasrepresentaConinBrusselsundertheumbrellaofECOLISE,togetherwithotherinterconCnentalnetworks;also,ithasaconsultaCvestatusattheUNforeducaConalmaterialfor10years.www.gen-europe.org

ÄngsbackaÄngsbacka,outsideKarlstadinSweden,isavitalmeeCngplaceforpeoplewhowanttoliveamoreconsciouslife,livefromtheheartandcareforourplanet.Since1997thousandsofpeoplehavebeentouchedbythewarm,open,lovingatmosphereduringworkshops,fesCvalsandvisitsatÄngsbacka.ÄngsbackaisafullmemberofGENEuropesince2016.www.angsbacka.se

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